The statue of Russia's
most famous poet stands in front of the Mikhaylovsky Palace now the Russian
Museum in St. Petersburg.

Long Description:

Alexander Sergeyevich
Pushkin was born into a Russian noble family in Moscow on June 6, 1799. He
graduated from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo (now the town of Pushkin)
located a few kilometers south of St. Petersburg and spent most of his life as a
resident of St. Petersburg. Pushkin is considered to be the greatest of all
Russian poets and the founder of the modern Russian literature.

Pushkin
published his first poem at age fifteen and continued his writing career his
entire life. In 1820, he published his first long poem, Ruslan and Lyudmila,
which was the basis for the opera by Glinka. His verse novel Eugene Onegin was
written between 1825 and 1832. It was the inspiration for Tschaikovsky's famous
opera of the same name, first performed in 1879. His play Boris Gudunov was made
into two operas by Mussorgsky's, first in 1868 - 1869 and a second version on
1871- 1872. His poem The Bronze Horseman is considered a classic of Russian
literature and is well known by every Russian school child.

Pushkin died
as a result of wounds received in a duel in St. Petersburg on February 10, 1837
at age 37. In 1959, Russia issued a stamp showing the statue of Pushkin in St.
Petersburg as part of a series of six stamps depicting statues of famous
Russians.

About Me

My interest in travel and exploration took me to all 50 states, much of Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, as well as some of Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico. As I got older my outdoor activities shifted from hiking to orienteering to geocaching to waymarking.